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Old 06-03-2024, 23:13   #16
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No mate but mazingly I have heard people are still using it!

We switched to Cable years ago because we kept getting cut off,like the ISP was trying to force everyone off dialup,I dunno...........
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Re: Windows secury

Windows secury ? I presume you mean Security ?

I use windows built in defender, and manual scans by Malwarebytes every so often.
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Windows secury ? I presume you mean Security ?

I use windows built in defender, and manual scans by Malwarebytes every so often.

Yes I meant security
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Re: Windows security

I use the built in Windows Security software and then when I feel like it, I run Spybot and Malwarebytes.

As long as you are sensible with your browsing etc you should be fine.
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Yea thats how I look at it also........ Why have all this stuff bogging your computerr down when A LIVE PERSON is more alert than some program can be!
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Its not really bad but it can slow your computr down if not enough ram is had...

I used run Mcafee 8.0 (That ran the best on 98se) and it didnt really bog anything down and I only have 56.8Megs of physical Ram.....

I finally just duimped it because w/o it running things are even faster and I am tech savy and have stuff pretty locked down......

Mcafee will slow your PC down way more than the built in windows protection.

56MB RAM jeez are you using a pocket calculator. I have 32GB of fast DDR5 RAM. nothing will slow me down.

Windows 11 protection has certainly come a long way since the 90s.
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Yea thats how I look at it also........ Why have all this stuff bogging your computerr down when A LIVE PERSON is more alert than some program can be!
A person can't be as fast as software. Especially when spyware and malware can be hidden in software or code on websites. Always better to have that added protection.
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Re: Windows security

You should be fine just using windows defender and a I think MB is charging now it's not free anymore.
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You should be fine just using windows defender and a I think MB is charging now it's not free anymore.
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